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Win-waste: an alarming strategy
Evolution & Behaviour

Win-waste: an alarming strategy

Currently available models underestimate global food waste. We developed a new method to estimate how much food is wasted at a country level. Comparison with...

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Shelling out for dinner: dolphins’ foraging technique spreads socially among peers
Evolution & Behaviour

Shelling out for dinner: dolphins’ foraging technique spreads socially among peers

Dolphins, like us, live in social communities, offering opportunities to learn behaviours from others. Our study reveals that a dolphins’ foraging technique...

4 min read4,831 views
Reading South American history in the native Brazilian genomes
Evolution & Behaviour

Reading South American history in the native Brazilian genomes

The contact with Europeans and the colonization of the New World led to the massive extermination of Native Americans, which concealed most of its pre-contact...

3 min read5,909 views
The oldest beer in central Europe? Take it with a pinch of… malt!
Evolution & Behaviour

The oldest beer in central Europe? Take it with a pinch of… malt!

Ancient beer is hard to find, and new methods for identifying its remains are constantly being sought for. During their search for new ways of unlocking the...

4 min read5,181 views
The mystery of an ancient reptile with a ridiculously long neck
Evolution & Behaviour

The mystery of an ancient reptile with a ridiculously long neck

The absurdly long neck of the ancient reptile Tanystropheus represents a true evolutionary enigma. A new high-resolution 3D imaging of its skull suggests that...

4 min read7,102 views
It’s clear: the glass frog’s transparent belly has a special advantage
Evolution & Behaviour

It’s clear: the glass frog’s transparent belly has a special advantage

Glass frogs are well known for their transparent belly skin that gives them a unique translucent appearance. We asked how being translucent, rather than...

4 min read11,906 views
Sneaking Giants: how humpback whales avoid scattering their fish prey
Evolution & Behaviour

Sneaking Giants: how humpback whales avoid scattering their fish prey

Why do speedy, agile anchovies fall prey to humpback whales, when they are able to escape faster predators? This study explained this phenomenon using field,...

4 min read4,623 views
How small warm-blooded feathered flying dinosaurs came to be
Evolution & Behaviour

How small warm-blooded feathered flying dinosaurs came to be

How warm-blooded birds and mammals evolved from cold-blooded ancestors remains a major question in paleontology and evolutionary biology. A heat transfer model...

4 min read7,189 views
7000 years of the peopling of present-day France revealed by paleogenomics
Evolution & Behaviour

7000 years of the peopling of present-day France revealed by paleogenomics

A large genomic study reveals ancient demographic events that accompanied the transition to agriculture and changes in metallurgic practices in France by...

4 min read6,496 views
Elpistostege: a fish with legs or a tetrapod with fins?
Evolution & Behaviour

Elpistostege: a fish with legs or a tetrapod with fins?

The recent discovery of a complete 375 million-year-old fossil from eastern Canada, Elpistostege watsoni, clarifies our understanding of the origin of digits...

4 min read15,830 views